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> NY POST/MICHAEL STARR....
> --"Friends" stars Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer are posing
> for the cover of the August issue of Details magazine - the first time in the
> history of the show that they've posed together for a magazine cover. In the
> issue, Perry, LeBlanc and Schwimmer also give their thoughts on their lucrative
> contracts - which will pay all six "Friends" stars about $1 million per-episode
> this season (its last). "I wrestle with it a lot," says Schwimmer. "What we
> make in a week is absurd compared to most of the world, and I think it takes a
> lot of work to remind yourself of that." "Anyone who can go to his boss and get
> a raise and doesn't is an idiot," says LeBlanc. "There's all this stuff in the
> press about what we deserve, and that's irrelevant." The August issue of
> Details hits newsstands July 23 (but July 16 in New York and Los Angeles).
After all, they *do* work 8 days per month during the season. Must be
exhausting.
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--The Sci Fi Channel ordering up a two-hour movie and pilot for a new version
of NBC's classic sci-fi series, Quantum Leap, the network announced. The update
may also star a female leaper.
NY POST/MICHAEL STARR....
--"Friends" stars Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer are posing
for the cover of the August issue of Details magazine - the first time in the
history of the show that they've posed together for a magazine cover. In the
issue, Perry, LeBlanc and Schwimmer also give their thoughts on their lucrative
contracts - which will pay all six "Friends" stars about $1 million per-episode
this season (its last). "I wrestle with it a lot," says Schwimmer. "What we
make in a week is absurd compared to most of the world, and I think it takes a
lot of work to remind yourself of that." "Anyone who can go to his boss and get
a raise and doesn't is an idiot," says LeBlanc. "There's all this stuff in the
press about what we deserve, and that's irrelevant." The August issue of
Details hits newsstands July 23 (but July 16 in New York and Los Angeles).
--Love 'em or hate 'em, TV theme songs remain some of the catchiest ditties
ever written ("Here's the story, of a man named Brady . . ."). Now, TV Land is
asking fans to log onto its website to vote for their favorite TV theme song of
all time. Once the results are compiled, they'll be used in a TV Land original
production, "Inside TV Land: Theme Songs," airing in November. To participate,
log onto tvland.com through the end of this month to cast your vote. Speaking
of songs, Z-100's Paul "Cubby" Bryant played the world exclusive of Whitney
Houston's new single, "Whatcha Lookin' At," on his show yesterday around 3 p.m.
(100.3 FM). The single isn't due in stores until September. "It was sent to me
in brown envelope with no return address, and the name of the song was
hand-written on the CD," Bryant says. "Apparently whoever sent it to me didn't
want me to know where it came from. Hey man - we'll play it if we get it
first." Bryant says most of the feedback was positive - especially from female
listeners. "One [female] listener called in and said, ‘Move over, all you
wannabes - the queen is back!' "
NY POST/PAGE SIX...
--MARTIN Sheen exercised his presidential power and got himself a huge raise.
Sources on the set of NBC's "West Wing" say Sheen just renegotiated his pay
package, scoring a whopping $300,000 per episode - tripling his 2001 salary.
His perks are said to include guaranteed days off a week, a production deal
with producer Warner Bros. including an office suite on the lot, and a
recurring role for his daughter, Renee Estevez. "The president scored himself a
sweet deal," laughed our insider. We hear Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, Bradley
Whitford and Stockard Channing are sure to clamor for equal consideration.
--THE Green Bay Packers' Najeh Davenport committed the foulest of fouls in a
young coed's dorm room closet, Miami police say. Cops claim Davenport broke
into a Barry University dorm early April 1 and crept into one of the bedrooms.
When the occupant was awakened by a strange noise, she found the 6-foot-2,
248-pound fullback squatting in her closet and defecating in her laundry
basket. Davenport, whose lawyer maintains his innocence, could get 15 years in
prison.
--WE called it right last week. Hip hotelier Ian Schrager has signed on as
co-owner of the Shore Club in Miami, and he seems to have had an immediate
effect even though it's the off season. Over the July 4th weekend, Leonardo
DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and model Carmen Kass shuttled back and forth between
the Shore and Schrager's neighboring Delano, dining at the restaurants in both
places, watching fireworks from the Shore Club's penthouse and clowning around
at the Delano's pool. Meanwhile, the Wayans brothers celebrated Marlon Wayans'
birthday at the Delano's pool bar, while Janet Jackson and the *NSYNC boys
checked into the Shore.
--SO much for the Daily News' breathless report that Martha Stewart is "in
hiding." PAGE SIX's eagle-eyed spies have spotted her stepping out all over two
towns. On Monday, embattled Stewart tucked into a leisurely dinner at Swifty's
on the Upper East Side with five friends. "No one bothered her," says a
witness. "She seemed happy and seemed to be enjoying her meal." Before that
Stewart was spotting supping at East Hampton Point restaurant with a blond
ladyfriend. And prior to that, we hear, she slipped in early one morning to buy
groceries at Citarella on Main Street in East Hampton, where her ImClone
scandal pal Sam Waksal also shops. "She was the very first person in the
store," says our source. Martha may not be able to resist getting the munchies,
but she loathes the prying paparazzi. She set up a roadblock of SUVs massed in
front of her East Hampton abode to thwart photographers. Stewart's rep declined
to comment on her whereabouts.
--IT couldn't have helped Anna Kournikova's slim-enough chances in her
Wimbledon doubles match against the Williams sisters that she had a night of
wild sex just before. Spies tell the London tabs that Kournikova and her
boyfriend, Enrique Iglesias, were up until 4 a.m. having a raucous romp in
their Four Seasons hotel room before Saturday's match. The "moaning and
screams" were so loud, managers "had to send someone up to their room to tell
them to keep it down," one snitch said. Kournikova and partner Chanda Rubin
were later trounced by Serena and Venus.
--ONE person who's not happy that media gadfly Toby Young has finally found
success is Elizabeth Hurley. The star, who once threatened to sue Young for
printing nude pictures of her in his Modern Review, recently made a friend burn
a copy of Young's book "How to Lose Friends and Alientate People" when Liz
caught her with it on vacation in Mustique, our snitch relates. "I'm not having
that book in the house," Hurley screamed, whereupon she made the poor girl
throw it on the barbecue. "The real problem is that Elizabeth has a massive
crush on me that's just not reciprocated," Young jokes.
--FORMER "Baywatch" babe Traci Bingham is peeling down for PETA. The vegetarian
vixen's ad shows her nude and marked up like a butcher's diagram with the
caption, "All Animals Have the Same Parts-Have a Heart. Go Vegetarian."
Bingham, wearing a lettuce bikini, will host a Gear magazine and Beefeater
gin-sponsored bash tomorrow at Suite 16. "By exposing myself, I hope to expose
others to the many benefits of a vegetarian diet," she says.
NY POST/NEAL TRAVIS...
--WHILE John Henry Williams is proving to be a very nasty chip off the old
block of the late legend Ted Williams by trying to freeze his dad's body, he's
not the only one with strange ideas about what should happen when we fall off
the twig. Larry Hagman, who has had a liver implant himself, was talking to
Baird Jones the other night about staging a Webster Hall function for Larry's
pet charity, the Transplant Games, in which people with foreign body parts
compete in Olympic-style events. "When I die, I want my friends to eat me,"
Hagman confided. "I want to be fed through a wood chipper, be spread over a
wheat field, then have a cake baked from the crop for all my pals to munch on."
He'd also like some pot to be put into the mix, "because it makes people so
much less violent than booze."
NY POST/CINDY ADAMS...
--DUBLIN - In this fair city, where girls are so pretty, conversation at Oliver
St. John Gogarty Pub on Fleet Street sidestepped Molly Malone for Julia
Roberts. A regular visitor here, Julia bunks at the home of her Dublin driver
Mick Devine. The new bride repaid this chauffeur's hospitality by inviting him,
his Missus, Rita, and their kids to her wedding. Sprung for room, board,
airfare and until 20 minutes ago, they were still there. Mick won't discuss
this, even with his best buds. The dude's tight-lipped. Sworn to secrecy, he
is.
NY DAILY NEWS/RUSH AND MOLLOY....
--Danny Aiello is backing Julius Nasso in the producer's $60 million lawsuit
against action-hero-turned-Buddhist Steven Seagal. Aiello says in an affidavit
that he's known Nasso for 22 years and has "the highest regard for him." The
"Moonstruck" star is among several Hollywood figures offering support for
Nasso, who last month was indicted by the feds — along with several alleged
members of the Gambino crime family — for participating in a plot to extort
"hundreds of thousands of dollars" from a film star sources say is Seagal.
Nasso's attorneys accuse Seagal of cooperating with the grand jury
investigation to retaliate against Nasso, who filed a lawsuit against him in
March. Nasso's attorneys allege that Seagal reneged on an agreement to star in
four Nasso-produced films after coming under the influence of a spiritual
adviser who said that playing violent roles would not serve the actor well in
the afterlife. Nasso also accuses Seagal of lying on a 2001 application for a
New York City gun permit renewal. Seagal's attorney could not be reached for
comment. "This guy lied to get a gun," Nasso attorney Robert Hantman told The
News' Tom Zambito. "Tibetan monks are supposed to tell the truth and avoid
violence."
--Janet Reno will stop at nothing in her quest to become the next governor of
Florida — she'll even shake her booty for supporters. Remember the sensibly
bewigged and be-suited Will Farrell flailing stiffly about as the host of
"Janet Reno's Dance Party" on "Saturday Night Live"? In a bizarre example of
life imitating art, Reno is throwing her own "dance party" fundraiser at Miami
Beach's Level nightclub. On July 19, Florida voters will get a chance to see if
the real Reno has some moves of her own. Supporters such as Ziggy Marley and
Damon and Marlon Wayans are expected, and anyone who can contribute $25 is
welcome to join them. "Janet is not your typical politician," crows a spokesman
for the suddenly funky former attorney general. A spokesman for Democratic
primary opponent Bill McBride calls Reno's disco throwdown an "interesting
approach" to campaigning.
--Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has an early birthday present for her husband —
she's giving him her communications director, Jim Kennedy. Although the
ex-President won't celebrate his big day until next month, Kennedy is moving to
New York this week to replace Julia Payne, who currently fills that role. It's
a reunion for Kennedy and Bubba, who worked together during Clinton's
scandal-plagued White House days, and his former spokesman couldn't be happier.
"For more than 20 years, I have had the honor of working for some of the finest
public servants in our history, and I thank God for the opportunity to keep
doing that," Kennedy told The News' Ken Bazinet.
NY DAILY NEWS/DAVID BIANCULLI....
--he Hallmark Channel is attempting to revive the Western, with "The Johnson
County War," a miniseries scheduled to air Aug. 24. The miniseries comes from
Larry McMurtry, who boosted the genre temporarily with the CBS smash hit
"Lonesome Dove." "Johnson County War" stars Burt Reynolds, Tom Berenger and
Luke Perry. "We all wanted to make a Western again, for all the right reasons,"
said Reynolds, who added that the production was further aided by having
"actors that don't look like they just got off a subway and on a horse."
Reynolds praised the Western era of television, from the mid-to-late 1950s,
which is when he got his start. McMurtry, speaking by satellite, had no such
memories ("I didn't have television until 1968"), but suggested that Westerns
faded, on film and TV, because they "got to costing too much." "If you do a
good one," Reynolds suggested, citing Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" as a recent
example, "it will do very, very well. If you do a bad one, it just kills the
genre." Perry added a particularly astute observation about the demise, and
possible future revival, of the Western. "Oftentimes, we don't pay enough
attention to something in this country," Perry said, "until it's in danger of
going away."
USA TODAY...
--A Boston-based charitable fund claims in a lawsuit that Britney Spears'
decision to end her affiliation with the group has cost it millions in
donations. The Giving Back Fund is suing Mark Steverson, Spears' former lawyer,
for $15 million. The lawsuit claims that Steverson violated his duty as a
member of the Giving Back Fund board of directors by advising Spears and 'N
Sync's Justin Timberlake to sever ties with the fund last year. Neither Spears
nor Timberlake are named as defendants.
--Survivor contestant Elisabeth Filarski has wed former Boston College
quarterback Tim Hasselbeck. Filarski's father, Kenneth, said the couple tied
the knot on Saturday before some 200 guests at St. Mary's Church in Cranston,
affiliated with the parish school his daughter attended through grade school.
Filarski, 25, was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback.
--'N Sync singer Joey Fatone has joined the cast of Broadway's hit musical
Rent, the show's producers announced Tuesday. He will play the role of Mark,
the show's narrator, Aug. 5-Dec. 22. Fatone already has several film credits
under his belt, including On the Line, which co-starred bandmate and wannabe
cosmonaut Lance Bass. The Russian space agency confirms that talks are
progressing to make Bass, 23, the next tourist to the International Space
Station. He was in Russia last week for preliminary training. Sponsors
reportedly will help foot the $20 million ticket.
--A rare, unsigned drawing by Italian master Michelangelo (1475-1564) has been
discovered — inside a New York museum. The chalk drawing of a menorah has
been in the possession of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum since 1942, when it was purchased for $60. In April, Sir Timothy
Clifford, director of the National Galleries of Scotland, found the drawing in
a box and realized its creator. Estimated value: $10 million to $12 million.
--Fed up with the growing problem of bootleg DVDs, the Motion Picture
Association announced it would reward up to $150,000 for information leading to
the capture of DVD pirates in Asia, where the bulk of bootlegs originate. The
MPA says film studios lost $3 billion from worldwide piracy last year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS....
--Pop artist Andy Warhol will be remembered on a U.S. postage stamp next month.
Famed for his portraits of Marilyn Monroe and paintings of Campbell's soup
cans, Warhol's career also included ventures in design, photography, film,
television, writing and publishing. The commemorative stamp will be issued at
the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on Aug. 9. It will be available across the
country the following day. Warhol, who died Feb. 22, 1987, in New York City,
has remained famous far longer than the 15 minutes he once predicted for
everyone. The 37-cent stamp features his 1964 self-portrait, which is now in
the collection of the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, where he was born.
--Bo Diddley has canceled a performance this weekend due to chest pains,
according to his agent. The rhythm and blues artist was scheduled to appear as
the last act at the Fleet BluesFest at the Empire State Plaza on Saturday.
Diddley, 73, was to undergo several tests, Margo Lewis, his agent, said
Tuesday. Diddley's doctor ordered him not to perform until the tests were
complete and a diagnosis and treatment were determined. Jimmy Vaughan will now
perform in Diddley's slot.
--Members of the Scottish pop group Travis said Wednesday they had canceled
four European concerts after drummer Neil Primrose suffered a suspected spinal
injury in a French swimming pool accident. Primrose was knocked unconscious
after striking his head on Sunday while relaxing in the pool following a
concert at Belfort in eastern France, the band said in a statement. He was
taken by ambulance to hospital, where early indications suggested he had a
fractured vertebra. He has been kept in hospital for further tests, the
statement said. Neil has had a terrible accident," a spokesman for the band
told the Daily Mirror. "We are all praying that he is going to be all right."
Primrose's wife, Esther, has flown to be at his side in hospital, the paper
added. Glasgow quartet Travis has enjoyed a string of top 10 hits in Britain
since releasing its first single in 1997. The band said they it canceled shows
in Lucca, Italy; Rome; Carhaix, Brittany, France; and Dublin.
--Director Martin Scorsese, producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher,
cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, "Chinatown" screenwriter Robert Towne and
"South Park" composer Marc Shaiman will receive career achievement awards
during the Hollywood Film Festival's awards gala Oct. 7 at the Beverly Hilton.
Scorsese's latest movie, "Gangs of New York," opens Christmas Day. Wick and
wife Fisher produced "Staurd Little 2," which opens July 19. Kaminski recently
shot "Minority Report" for longtime collaborator Steven Spielberg.
--"CSI: Miami" executive producer Stephen Zito has left the series before it
even made its fall debut on CBS by apparently mutual decision. Zito, who served
as a consultant on the episode of "CSI" that served as a backdoor pilot for
"CSI: Miami," joined the spinoff in April as its showrunner.
--After a series of setbacks, Andy Griggs' second album, "Freedom," finally hit
store shelves Tuesday. Unhappy with a mix on the album, the 28-year-old Griggs
called off the album's planned spring 2001 release. It was again held back
after the Sept. 11 attacks. But not until a few months ago did Griggs really
feel the album was ready to go, when he decided to add "Tonight I want To Be
Your Man." The single is No. 12 on this week's Billboard country chart.
--Chad Brock's show in Colorado last week wasn't entertaining to some members
of the crowd who were taken aback by the singer's remark that immigrants should
learn to speak English. The pro wrestler-turned-country-western singer said
during songs he is tired of having to adapt to the influx of newcomers. "We
don't speak Spanish. We speak English here," he said. Some Hispanics at the
Greeley Stampede concert walked out when they heard Brock's comments. The
Denver Post reported Brock later said he wasn't directing his comments at a
particular group, and was "speaking his mind as an American." Hispanic leaders
say Brock's remarks were "bigoted" and "hateful." Brock's third album, "III",
is on the Warner Brothers label.
--Trisha Yearwood has turned to her fans for help designing a concert T-shirt
around her new single, "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners." The winner gets
$500 cash, a trip for two adults to meet Trisha and see her in concert, and 20
T-shirts bearing the winning design. "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners" is the
third single from Yearwood's latest album, "Inside Out." Entries must be
postmarked by this Saturday. Rules are posted on Yearwood's Web site --
http://trishayearwood.com.
--Popular country singer Blake Shelton has gone behind bars for the taping of a
music video for his latest song "Ol' Red." According to country.com, Shelton
switches from his signature cowboy hat and Western garb to don the outfit of a
prisoner. He spent two days on the project, inside the walls of a former
Tennessee state prison. According to those at the taping, Shelton quickly began
to look the part of a man behind bars. The prison had not been used for a
while. It had to be cleaned to look normal. At one point producers found a dead
cat in the room that housed the old electric chair. Shelton was scared about
going into long-abandoned parts of the crumbling facility. By the way, he was
first introduced to the song "Ol' Red" eight years ago by the late Hoyt Axton.
--The popular preserver of all that was right and good about the era of
American music of the '30s-'50s -- Michael Feinstein -- is branching out into
symphonic music. His publicist tells this columnist that Feinstein, one of
today's prime interpreters of the American popular song, will appear with the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra during an eight-city tour of this country next
month. Stops are scheduled in Columbus, Ohio, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit,
Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. The tour follows the release of
a major CD compilation, featuring Feinstein and the orchestra. It's just been
released on the Concord label. The play list for the concert sounds wonderful,
with the singer-pianist belting out versions of songs such as "How Deep is the
Ocean?" and "Somewhere," with full concert-level backing. By the way, at the
two California venues, Zubin Mehta will add the overture to "Die Fledermaus" to
the program.
www.zap2it.com....
--USA has found the face that will launch a thousand ships for its upcoming
four-hour miniseries "Helen of Troy." Sienna Guillory ("The Time Machine" )
will star as the woman whose forbidden love affair with the Trojan warrior
Paris led to one of history's greatest wars -- one that only ended when the
legendary Trojan horse was brought into play. Currently in pre-production,
"Helen of Troy" is being directed by John Kent Harrison ("A Wrinkel in Time,"
"What the Deaf Man Heard" ) and is slated to premiere in the second quarter of
2003. Also starring are Rufus Sewell as the manipulative Agamemnon, Stellan
Skarsgard ("Breaking the Waves" ) as Theseus and Matthew Marsden ("Black Hawk
Down" ) as Paris.
--The Sci Fi Channel is "bringing things back to Earth." That was the word from
network president Bonnie Hammer Tuesday (July 9) at the TV Critics Association
press tour in Pasadena. Hammer says that the channel, which has one of the
largest original-programming lineups on cable, wants to broaden its slate
somewhat while keeping its core fans. To that end, Sci Fi is planning a big
programming event for each quarter, beginning with "Clive Barker's Saint
Sinner," an original movie from the prolific horror writer, in October. Then in
December, it will launch its most ambitious original project yet, the 20-hour
miniseries "Taken." Hammer says that although "Taken," which was executive
produced by Steven Spielberg, deals with alien abductions, the
multi-generational story has the feel more of an epic drama than a straight
sci-fi series. The network is also developing an update of the time-travel
series "Quantum Leap" -- possibly with a female lead -- as a movie and possible
"back-door" series pilot in 2003. A series based on the "Tremors" movies will
also make its debut next year. Both are properties from the library of
Universal, of which Sci Fi and parent USA are now a part. In addition, Sci Fi
has ordered 65 episodes of "The Dream Team," in which hosts Annabelle Gurwitch
(TBS' "Dinner and a Movie" ) and psychotherapist/dream expert Michael Lennox
help members of a studio audience and callers interpret their dreams. The
network also wants to continue developing what Hammer calls its "boy action
movies" -- thrillers that involve sci-fi or fantasy elements and "mayhem every
8 minutes or so." A number of them will be included in the 22 original movies
Sci Fi hopes to make for 2003.
--The Lifetime Network announced today that Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace") and
British actress Juliet Stevenson will co-star in "The Pact," a Lifetime
Original movie about teen suicide. Mullally will play Melanie Gold, the mother
of a teenage girl who kills herself in a suicide pact with her boyfriend. The
boyfriend, Chris Harte, survives, and Mullally's character lashes out at him
and his family. Complicating matters is the fact that his mother, Gus Harte, is
Melanie's lifelong friend. The movie is based on Jodi Picoult's novel, and is
directed by Oscar-winner Peter Werner ("We Were the Mulvaneys," "Bucket of
Blood" ). It is produced by Randwell Productions in association with Hearst
Entertainment for Lifetime Television.
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Bill Hoffmann and NY Post Wire Services
--A Florida teen may go to jail for the rest of his life - on charges of
stealing tacos at gunpoint. Robert Jackson, 17, is accused of the gunpoint
robbery of two men in Immokalee, during which he grabbed tacos and $1.15 in
cash. He is being charged as an adult, which means he could get life in the
slammer if convicted. After Jackson was taken into custody, deputies called his
mom, Jennifer Warren, who said, "Good, keep him there," according to a police
report.
--You’ve heard of heart transplants - now get ready for face transplants. A
Harvard Medical School researcher in Cambridge, Mass., says a donor’s face
can be removed and its blood vessels and nerves reconnected to another patient.
Since the face is a relatively thin sliver of tissue, it would partly mold to
the features of the person receiving it, helping people with disfigurements,
says scientist Shehan Hettiaratchy. Candidates for face transplants include
burn and accident victims and people recovering from facial cancers. One thing
that’s unclear: where would the donors come from?
--An Oregon baseball team is staging an "Arthur Andersen Appreciation Night" to
poke fun at the shamed accounting firm. Anyone named Arthur or Andersen will
get free admission to the Portland Beavers home game against the Edmonton
Trappers on July 18. Fans will also be encouraged to bring old documents to be
destroyed at "shredding stations" throughout the ball park. The Beavers dreamed
up the event when WorldCom, also audited by Andersen, revealed it hid nearly $4
billion in losses. "With all the negative stuff that’s come out of this,
sooner or later you have to laugh about it," said Beavers general manager Mark
Schuster.
--The owners of Bonzo the parrot say whoever stole him is going to be sorry -
because the bird will drive them nuts. The 10-year-old African Gray parrot
repeatedly screams: "I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" from
the "Wizard of Oz" and "A parrot’s life for me!" from the Pirates of the
Caribbean ride at Disneyland. Bonzo, snatched from Gail and Bill Brooks in
Tacoma, Wash., also warbles: "Bonzo pretty, Bonzo smart," and "Night, night,"
at bedtime. "Whoever stole him is probably getting tired . . . It really is
like having a child in the house when he’s here," said Gail, who’s offered
a $3,000 reward for Bonzo’s return.
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